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Thank You For Arguing Ch. 1
Thank You For Arguing Ch. 1
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A quiz to assess a reader's understanding of chapter 1.
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1
Rhetoric contributed to which of the following ACCORDING TO THE BOOK:
Giving the Bible its finest language
Making Cicero and Caesar great orators
Inspiring William Shakespeare
Inspiring Christopher Marlowe
2
_______is the author of THANK YOU FOR ARGUING.
Who is Jack Heinrich
Who is Jay Heinrichs
Who is Jackson Heinrichs
Who is Jay Heinrich
3
According to the author, the most productive arguments use______________.
The present tense
Strong and emotional language
The future tense
An ultimatum
4
The Matrix analogy is more than a pop culture reference. It fulfills rhetoric's call for______.
What is commonplace
What are funny references
What is humor
What is relatability (commonplace)
5
In ancient times,_________was placed at the center of higher education.
Rhetoric
What is the study of human
What is the study of the English language
None of these terrible answers!
6
_______________underlies the most insidious, and enjoyable, forms of argument.
What is seduction
What is sexuality
7
According to the author, what drives our social lives? What is its decoder?
Rhetoric, argument
Argument, rhetoric
Argument, nothing
None of these! Not in the text!
8
"...can take a boy out of the country,...can't take the country out of a boy."
Neither of these terrible answers
Both of these answers
What is antimetabole
What is chiasmus
9
The author describes a common element of arguments known as
argumentum a fortiori
, which is...
What is "argument through fortifying evidence"
What is "argument from strength"
Neither of these terrible answers
10
__________________is the idea that because A followed B, it must have been caused by B.
What is the Chanticleer fallacy
What is the Talitrum fallacy
None of these answers
What is the "cleer" fallacy
11
I need a new laptop. You all know how dated this one is, and how I could benefit from new tech.
None of these terrible answers
What is request
What is concession
What is discussion
12
_________is the art of influence, friendship and eloquence, of ready wit and irrefutable logic.
What is discussion
What is argument
What is rhetoric
What is consession
13
Syncrisis...
Reframes an argument by redefining it.
Amplifies the crisis at the root of a particular argument.
Is an argument lacking crisis - due to the presence of "syn"
None of these terrible answers.
14
If a picky eater likes it, then EVERYONE does. This is an example of:
What is argumentum a strontiori
What is argumenum
What is argumentum a strongtiori
What is argumentum a fortiori
15
Which of the following is not one Aristotle's three traits of credible leadership?
What is interest in the people
What is practical wisdom
What is virtue
What is disinterest
16
The author of this work uses which of the following literary devices during his opening pages.
What is anecdote
What is simile
What are both simile and anecdote
None of the options are correct
17
This book focuses on distinguishing between when__________or__________arguments should be used.
What is logical and emotional
What is minimal and substantial
None of these terrible answers
What is emotional and psychological
18
_________focuses on revising an idea - as if the rest of the group has already accepted it.
Discussion
Argument
Concession
Resolution
19
"If something works the hard way, it is more likely to work the________way."
What is no way
What is logical way
What is easy way
20
_________is thought to have contributed to the establishment of democracy.
What is science
None of these terrible answers!
What is the art of arguing
What is rhetoric (again!)